Montgomery's 8th Army and Clark's 5th Army, which were supposed to be a few thousand meters southeast of Salerno, had succeeded in meeting forces and marching towards Naples.

And General John Lucas was also promoted to commander of the 6th Army of the U.S. Army two days later.

And in the three weeks from September 9 to October 1, Clark's 5th Army received a total of 190,000 troops, 30,000 vehicles of various types, and 120,000 tons of supplies, and landed on Salerno Beach.

In addition to this, Clark's 5th Army added units of the 34th, 35th, 46th and 56th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 82nd Airborne Division, in addition to the original 3rd and 7th Panzer Divisions.

However, the current 5th Army Group did not have so many troops, but even so, their landing operation was still very safe and smooth under the deliberate release of the German army.

By the time they landed and began their march toward Pompeii, the Americans, commanded by Clark's 5th Army, were not guarded by stubborn German soldiers, nor were they attacked by machine guns, mortars, or artillery.

Not even tanks and armored vehicles, or transport vehicles, were not in sight.

As for mud, and rain is also relatively rare.

"Have you noticed that our landing operation this time seems to be easy!"

While marching with the army, an American soldier named Hachus, while carrying an M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, said to his comrade-in-arms Mance.

"I saw it early in the morning, I think it should be the Battle of Sicily where most of the German troops were contained!"

Mance nodded in response.

"Perhaps! It always feels weird, as if I don't know what's wrong! Because I didn't even see a single German reconnaissance plane! ”

Hachus looked up at the clear blue sky and said in confusion.

"Hey! What is there to be afraid of! We still have an aircraft carrier fleet in the Salerno Sea, and if the Germans attack, they will definitely send planes to support us! ”

Mance comforted the other with optimism.

"But the Germans also have fighter planes, and naval ones!"

Hachus worried.

"Since you are so frightened, then I suggest that you return to the Sea of Salerno as a beachhead guard, and be responsible for guarding military supplies! I hate a cowardly man like you the most! ”

When Mance heard this, his face sank and he said in displeasure.

"Who said I was cowardly, I was not afraid of the Germans, I was just worried that they would give us a surprise attack and kill us by surprise!"

Hachus didn't know whether it was because of shame or annoyance, and he retorted loudly, blushing.

"Humph! Even if the Germans wanted to sneak up on us? I want them to come and go, and let them know how powerful our 5th Army Group is! I'm not a vegetarian! ”

Mance retorted with a contemptuous smile.

"You're not afraid, I'm not afraid! Later, if we really encounter the Germans, then we will compete to see who kills the most Germans! I'm going to dump you on the street! ”

Hachus roared loudly.

"Cut! With such a useless coward as you, I'm afraid that if I kill ten German soldiers, you won't be able to kill one! ”

Mance sneered with a disdainful smile.

"You ......."

Hachus was angry for a while, not knowing what to say, and stood aside with an angry face.

And at this moment, suddenly above their heads, the shadow of a dense plane appeared.

"Huh! What is that, is it a flock of birds? They seem to be a lot of them! ”

At this moment, an American infantryman in front of them suddenly looked up at the sky and wondered.

"Stupid! Find a place to hide, it's the German planes coming, hurry! ”

Hearing this, Mance also raised his head to look up, but when he looked at it, he suddenly shouted with a pale face of fright.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

But before his words fell, the German Ar-234 jet bomber group was like a ghost, interspersed with large-scale bombing over their army.

500-pound and 1,000-pound bombshells and incendiary bombs rained down from the sky like big hailstones.

After the Ar-234 jet bomber group began to attack, Second Class General Weitingkov also immediately commanded the army, preparing to launch a combined attack on the US 5th Army Group that was suddenly attacked from two directions.

"We must not let these American troops escape, even if we suffer heavy casualties, we must take these American troops and annihilate them all! Come on! Warriors of the Empire! ”

When the battle began, the death order given by Second Class General Weitingkov to the officers of the various units was just that.

With his death order, the German Leopard tank group, with the King Tiger tank group, rushed towards the panicked American troops who were bombed.

At the same time, behind these German tank groups were black pressed German infantry groups.

And then there was a large artillery group, and a rocket artillery group.

These artillery groups were rumbling at the panicked American troops, covering them with carpet-like artillery fire.